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WH E RELAN III FAQ’S
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1. What is WhereLAN III?
2. What are the key WhereLAN III value propositions?
3. Why did Zebra invest in WhereLAN III?
4. What is Wireless Time II?
5. What happens to G2-LOS and G2-LAP and all our worldwide customers who depend on those products?
Can WhereLAN replace a G2-LOS? What about a G2-LAP?
Product Features
1. I’m familiar with G2-LOS. What are the new features of WhereLAN III?
2. How accurate is a WhereLAN III RTLS network?
3. I heard WhereLAN III can be 1-m accurate versus G2-LOS being 3-m accurate. Why is that important?
4. Which G2-LOS accessories are compatible with WhereLAN III?
5. Why does WhereLAN look so similar to G2-LOS?
6. How can I power up a WhereLAN III?
7. What is SSH? What happened to Telnet?
8. Which VSS versions is WhereLAN III compatible with?
Wi-Fi Support
1. Which Wi-Fi standards does WhereLAN III support?
2. My customer’s site is migrating it Access Points to IEEE 802.11.n. How does WhereLAN III work in
this environment?
General
1. Please explain the “Compliant with Trade American Act” note I see on the Price List. What is that all
about? I see four different versions of WhereLAN III on the Price List. Please explain.
2. Where can I sell WhereLAN III?
3. Does Zebra sell a solar kit for WhereLAN III? If not, how can I help direct my customers in this area?
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WH E RELAN III FAQ’S
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1. What is WhereLAN III?
WhereLAN III is Zebra’s next generation ISO 24730-2 sensor. It is designed as a “100% soft” receiver in
the 2.4 GHz band and incorporates proprietary signal processing techniques. WhereLAN III lowers the
customer’s Total Cost of Ownership improved system performance over the current-generation G2-LOS
sensor it replaces.
Design and signal processing improvements over G2-LOS result in an order of magnitude Time of Arrival
(TOA) accuracy improvement and a doubling of the location accuracy and precision. These improvements
permit full-locate deployments in indoor Industrial Manufacturing environments using wireless time
synchronization. This results in a large reduction in system deployment costs. WhereLAN III also makes
possible a novel wireless time synchronization scheme (2012 release) that self-configures and automatically
adapts to a changing RF environment. This results in reduced system design and on-going maintenance
support costs.
WhereLAN III is fully backwards compatible and interoperates with “G2-LOS” systems, which protects the
investment of our global customer base. WhereLAN III is compliant with IEEE 802.3af Power over
Ethernet (PoE), enabling input power to be furnished by commonly available Ethernet switches. WhereLAN
III can optionally connect as a client to any 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi network, facilitating system design and reducing
implementation costs by removing the need for a network drop at the point of installation. Finally,
WhereLAN III consumes just 12 watts, a 58% reduction of the G2-LAP, which allows it to be powered
outdoors via a small and cost effective solar kit.
2. What are the key WhereLAN III value propositions?
a. WhereLAN III features the same Six-Sigma signal detection reliability as the G2-LOS
b. WhereLAN III reduces system deployment costs by significantly reducing the need to run wired time
cabling to support full-locate indoor deployments, by eliminating the need for a network drop via its
integral Wi-Fi client capability, by supporting industry standard 802.3af PoE, and by enabling
outdoor power via a small and cost effective solar kit
c. WhereLAN III reduces system design and maintenance costs by enabling full benefit of Wireless
Time II; a self-configuring and auto-adapting Wireless Time Synchronization algorithm
3. Why did Zebra invest in WhereLAN III?
Zebra is committed to its existing customer base and to continued expansion of its Asset Visibility Solutions.
WhereLAN III is part of that total commitment. The product replaces the legacy G2-LOS, whose design is
about 9 years old. Various G2-LOS components were on limited availability and made difficult its continued
manufacture.
4. What is Wireless Time II?
In order to provide full-locate, the system requires a common clock against which all Time-of-Arrival (ToA)
tag blinks can be referenced. Wireless time synchronization allows the reference clock to be derived from
periodic “embedded tag” blinks generated by the network of Location Sensors themselves.
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